it feels like this was written just for me, presently shaky-handed small "me," slowly, ostensibly unfolding into Self, yearning earnestly to relinquish every single thread, and yet simultaneously desperately declaring himself to be known via icky gushing adverb-laden digital comment
Love the metaphor with the backpack contents spilling out.
I am exploring that tension of caring about something (work-related) and the competition and attachment that comes with it. It has been years since I let go completely after a period of burnout. Slowing all the way down is better than my previous ways of going about it.
High arousal combined with high valence is a rare state very few people are privileged to experience in my opinion. If this is your default tendency, then it seems like a quantum leap to have gotten to a point where you can let go even slightly.
In Buddhism typically "non-attachment" is used over "detachment" because the latter implies volition from the subject. Paradoxically, trying to detach would only bring more attention to and strengthen attachment. In this post's context, the feeling she describes of "letting go" and losing identification with self sounds closer to non-attachment.
it feels like this was written just for me, presently shaky-handed small "me," slowly, ostensibly unfolding into Self, yearning earnestly to relinquish every single thread, and yet simultaneously desperately declaring himself to be known via icky gushing adverb-laden digital comment
Love the metaphor with the backpack contents spilling out.
I am exploring that tension of caring about something (work-related) and the competition and attachment that comes with it. It has been years since I let go completely after a period of burnout. Slowing all the way down is better than my previous ways of going about it.
High arousal combined with high valence is a rare state very few people are privileged to experience in my opinion. If this is your default tendency, then it seems like a quantum leap to have gotten to a point where you can let go even slightly.
Any particular reason for choosing 'non-attachment" over "detachment"?
In Buddhism typically "non-attachment" is used over "detachment" because the latter implies volition from the subject. Paradoxically, trying to detach would only bring more attention to and strengthen attachment. In this post's context, the feeling she describes of "letting go" and losing identification with self sounds closer to non-attachment.